I have competed in 29 countries, an alternate in boxing for the 92 olympics, made the olympic team for karate in 92 but the event was cut 6 months prior, former hand to hand combat instructor for the LA Sherrifs, etc etc...I have been called Sensei at the age of 12 nad has been morphed as a name rather than just a title.Fluff?

If its not your job to be an authority figure or you don't have a combat training background, its likely not a thought until something like this occurs.  

I also believe that if your father died in combat, you might be able to use the VA loan.

What are they doing to combat high labor costs in the future with minimum wage increases?

Once again, Jawsette, you're just making things up...During the speech that W gave on the aircraft carrier that day, in front of the "Mission Accomplished" banner, W said nothing about Iran, but instead claimed that this marked the end of major combat operations in Iraq and that the U.S. and its allies had prevailed.Perhaps you need to watch it again to refresh your memory:http://www.youtube.com/watch?

When you look at how countries like Germany, New Zealand, and South Korea have been able to combat this contagion, it is evidently clear that we are failing because of devastingly poor leadership at the federal level.

However, she did not respond to me regarding the appointment and has been combative via txt since then.

I could have and should have worded what I wrote much better and less combatively.

How do you guys combat that?

I don't know how to combat this very valid objection.